Device for conveying glassware to leers.



' 110.842,21). l BATENTED JAN.29,190'7; o. .11. KNABM v. MULHOLLAND( DEVICE FOR CONVBYINGGLASSWARE T0 LEBRS.

APPLICATION FILED 11111214, 190g.

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l o. R. 'KNAPP az v. MULHOLLASD. DEVICE Pou GUNVEYING GLAsswAxE To maas.

'PPLIGATIU FILED JUNE 14, 1906.`

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No. 842,210. PATBNTBD JAN. 2.9, 1907.

c. R. KNAPB & v. MULHOLLAND. Y DEVICE PoR CONVEYING GLASSWARE To LEBRs.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 14,1906.

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' useful Improvement ing Glassware lCHARLES R. KNAPP, `oli'PITTs/B'une, VAiN1)similiar L' oF ALLE- GHENY, PENNSYLVANIA, AssIGNoRsro a' vPA'r-TERsorI INcoRro- 4 RATED,-;0F BITTSBURG, raNNs'YIN'ANI, AcoRPoRATIoNoF PENNsvL-- VANIA.-

'No.sfiaaio.

l declare the following to be a' full, clear, and

exact descriptionv thereof. f

Our invention relates to apparatus for in# -troducing glassware to leers, its object being to provide a device of this character in which the bottles, jars, or other glass articles are brought up and carried into'the leer in regular succession, so as to.v form a line of ware extending the length of the leer-pans and at `the same time provide for the handling of the ware in such a manner as to avoidliability of breakage, and, further, -to the meeh-- anism, so as to reduce the liability 'of the machine getting out of order. v

" To theseends our invention comprises the novel 'features hereinafter set-fforth and claimed. y 'In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view, broken away and partly insee-,- tion', of :our improved apparatus. #Fig 2 is aside view showing the leer and the parts' contained therein in section. view of the leer. j Fig. Llis an enlarged-side view showingl thev mechanism by means'of which the: conveyer isoperated and the leerpans moved, and Figs. 5 and 6 are sectional details. 1 Y. 1 l

Like numerals indicate like parts.

In the drawings the `numeral2 designates a suitable framework-arranged in front of the leer 3, 'said framework having -the vertical shaft 4 journaled therein, which carriesfthe sprocket-Wheel 5. The leer` may be heated in any suitable manner, thegas-'pipes 3a supplying .heat to heat the .forward endofsaid leer. At any suitabledistance in the re'arof -the frame '2 isa suitable-frame in which the sprocket-wheel 6is supported upon shaft 7.

A chain Sengages the sprocket-wheels Sand` 6'and is .driven thereby, said chain having at intervals thereon the trays 9,' adapted to re! from the shops,'which may-lie arranged in, close proximityto the conveyer, Projectceive the `ware. transferred thereto directly Specicatn of Letters Patenti. .Amman med June 1,4, 1906i semina 321.734'.

-A power-shaft 13'is journaledinesliitablel ingout from the pans. 9are the 10 and i 11,-said ,arms curving outwardly, as'cl'early bearings, .said shaft having. the" gear-wheel l4`thereon, which meshes-with the pinion 15 'on -the shaft 16, which isconnected upto anyv suitable source of power.v Shaft l-'has the fly-'Wheel 17.' `rEhe shaft has the clutch 18 19 is adapted to engage, said lsleevebeing mounted to slide on a eather onk said shaft.

A pinion 20 is mounted'on shaft 13a, said- )inion v.being adapted to` engaga the large beveled gear 21 on the shaft 4, y means of which poweris communicated to .sprocketwheel 5 to drive the chain 8v. j Within the leer isp-journaled the shaft23. Mounted on this shaft 23 are the' sprocket- Wheelsf24, Withwhich the chain 25of the leer- ;conveyer engages.

Thisl chain 25 engages with like sprccketwheel s at the opposite end thereon, with whichv the sliding clutch-sleeve ofthe' leer. (Not shown.) Secured to the chain 25 are the leer-pans 26- which support eer,

- the' ware 'duringits passage through the vWithin the 'leeristhe ,conveyelf 27; Said- I Vconveyer.consisting of the chain 28," with the 'flights 29l secured thereto at suitable interva s, said flights traveling above the plate-27a,

upon whichthe w,' are rests lnbeingconveyed -to'the leer-pans. The chain 28`engages the sprocket-wheels 30 and 31, and'said chain is driven thereby. The shaft 32 is journaled in suitable bearingswithin the leer, and at one end of said shaft is the beveled gear33,which meshes with'the beveled gear 34 ofthe shaftV` l 35, carrying'the sprocket-wheel 31.` At the opposite end of the shaft 32 is the lratchetf. wheel 36. Ongthe shaft 3'2 is the swinging segment 37, the outer edge of said segment projecting beyond the teeth of the ratchet 36'.

An arm 38 on the shaft 32 is connected to the rod^39, said rod carrying the pawl'39, which -isv adapted to engage the teeth of the ratchet 36 when `the quadrant 3 7 is withdrawn, as

.will -more fully hereinafterappear. The rod 39-is [connectedat its opposite end to the crank-'disk.4104;on theshaft 13, by which a reciprocating movement is imparted tothe vrod Mounted on the shaft 13 is the eccentric n IOO ` .the way. Connected to the upper end of the quadrant 46 is the pin 47, which is connected to the lever- 48, mounted on the stud 49.

This lever 48 has the'fmger 50, which is adapted to be engaged by the cam-lug 51 onthe ratchet-wheel 36.

On the shaft 32 is the arm 52, which carries the pawl 53,-adapted to engage the teeth on' the ratchet 36. A rod 54 ispconnected to the awl`53,said rod being journaled on the stu 55; Thispawl. 53 prevents the back-r ward movement of the ratchet 36.

Connectedto the quadrant 37 is the rod 56, which yis connected to the arm 56'?l on the rock-shaft 57, journaled in suitable bearings 58.y AConnectedltotthe opposite end of the rock-shaft 57 is the 4arm 59. This arm 59 is `connected to the rod 60, which extends' 'in the bracket 62.

crosswise of the leer4 and is connected at its opposite end to the 'trip-finger 61, mounted This trip-nger 61 is mounted at the entrance 63 of the leer 'and is directly inthe path of the bottles or other articles carried by the pans 9. The bracket Iorguide 62 acts to remove the ware from'the pans, and as the ware moves from the pans .the arm 11 on the pans comes alongandacts to guide the Ware and move it into the s ace 4o ,between the iiights of the conveyer 27, a l as 'fully hereinafter set forth. A guide 64 is employed leading up to one side of the openingA 63'to insure. the proper guidance of the -Ware to the opening 63.

' Just above theconveyer 27 is the arm 65, with one end in line with the ware entering between the iiights of saidconveyer. This arm 65 is'jmounted on the stud 66, and projecting therefrom is the arm 67. `'This arm 67 engagesthe arm 68, to which is connected the weight 69.' The lever' 70 is connected to the arm 68, said lever engaging thel annu-` lar groove 71 in the clutch-sleeve 19.

Mounted on the shaft 7'2 is the spider 73, which extends across the leer just over and in front of the conveyer 27- for the purpose fullyhereinafter set forth. The shaft 72 has on its outer end the beveledgear 74, which meshes with the beveled gear 75 on the shaft 76. The shaft 76 has the gear 77, which meshes with the beveled gear 7 8 on the ratchet-wheel 45. In this manner power is communicated' to the spider 73 to rotate the same.

When our improved apparatus is in use,

the Ware is placed upon the pans 9, and when power is applied from the shaft 13 through the clutch mechanism to jdrive the shaft 4 the chain 8 is driven around so' as to bring l the pans up in position for 'the ware to be fed through the opening 63 of the leer to the conveyer'27. As the bottle or other iece of ware strikes the trip-finger 61` said nger is moved so as to draw on the rod ,60 and through the arm 59, rockfshaft 57, arm 56,

V and rod 56 pull on the quadrantg37 yso as to throw it around in such position that theI pawl 39L on the rod 39 is able to engage the teeth of the ratchet 36. As the rod 39 is reciprocating continuously the pawl 39al will drop into one ofthe teeth of the ratchet, and as the rod reciprocates the ratchet will be movedthe distance of one tooth. This im# partsa rotary movement tothe shaft 32, and through its connections with the sprocket- `wheel' 31 said sprocket-wheelis driven, andwith it the conveyer 27. Meanwhile the bottle has been introduced into one of thel spaces between the flights 28 of the conveyer 27 so that as the conveyer 27 advances the bottle is carried beyond the opening 63 and another space in the conveyor is brought around in position to receivethe next bottle.

Just as soon as the bottle passes beyond the trip-finger 61 said finger is carried to its nor' mal position, and through the connections described thequadrant 37 is brought around 'to position to preventthepawl 45 from engaging with the teeth of the ratchet .36 until another bottle comes around and engages the trip -finger 61, when the operation ljust described isrepeated. Just as soon as the ware takes its position between the flights 28 of .the conveyer 27 it isiwithin the leer, and the annealing process 'begins even before it is actuallyde osited on the leer-pan.

The numb res onds tothe number of pieces of ware which it takes to form a line of Ware extending from one end of one of the p'ans 26 to the opposite en d. Whenftherefore, aline of ware has been completed on one of the with the ware still engaged by the ights of the conveyer 27, it is of course necessary to move thepans forward,so as to bring up another empty pan in position to be filled. Accordingly when the ratchet-wheel 36 has IOO passes .through the opening 63 and i erof teeth on the ratchet`36k corans 26 made a complete revolution thel cam-lug 51 A comes around in position to engage the finger 50 on the lever 48. Thismoves the lever 48 so as to draw on the pin 49 and rock the swinging quadrant 46 so -as to permit the pawl 44 to engage the teethof the ratchet 45, and as the rod 42 is reciprocated by the eccentric 41 the ratchet-wheel 45 is moved thedistance of one tooth. This imparts a like movement to the shaft 23, which is sufficient to rotate said shaft so as to cause the leerconveyer 25 to move a sufficient distance to conveyer 27 shou pos ion veyer 27 u onthe leer' an thatthe'upp'er portion of t e ware will ein front of one of the wings ofsaid spider, so as to'preventtlie,

displacement-of thel Ware foi` "any reason.

. Furthermor`e,- this spider is adapted to re- IO volve' at thesame time that the leer-conveyer moves forward one pan, so 'that it moves simultaneously with thev leeran. `This rol accomp 'shed through tation fof the spider is the rotation of the shaft' 7 which 'receives its movementlfromthe rotary movement imparted to the shaft 2'3 by the awl 44 engaging the ratchet45. "i vAccording ythe spider is izs revolved at the 's ame'time that the rotary movement is 'imparted to the shaft 23.' Ifl it should ha 'en .for any reason'tha'ttlie El) fail to move'forward after a bottlefhad been introduced thereto and another bottle' should be brought'up by the conveyer 8 and forced into the same com partment'occupied by a bottle, the introductin-f the'second bottle would force the first vbottle against the outer end ofthe arm 65,'y

which wouldforce said arm back and move the arm 67, so as to throw the saidarni 67 out of-engagementwith the arm 68. Thereupon the weight 69 would pull down-the-arm` 68 and operate the lever 70'so .as to throw theclutch-sleeve 19 out of engagement' with the clutch. 18and so stop the fur-ther movement ofthe chain 8, and no'moe Ware would becon'veyed-to the leer until he necessary L repairhad been made to put the device into -t'he 4conveyer 27 fails "to operate'. we rovide the plate 27azwith 'theo'pening 80. n casel the ware should' be broken and not high proper workingv order," so as-to receive the ware inthe "normalmanneng 'As a further precaution againstfdifli'cult'y in case-where enough to operate the arm asv the second piece of ware entered the same space the first piece would be forced over the o ening 8O and will drop` thesecondpiece.

- transferring the ware from said ware-carrier to said -conveyer, 'af shaft, connections between saidshaft and said conveyer for driving the same, a ratchet-'wheel on said shaft,Y a pawl adapted toengage saidratchet-wheel, mechanism for holding said pawl 'out of engagement with said ratchet-wheel, means for withdrawing said mechanism by the movement of'the Ware into said conveyer, and

mechanism for reciprocating said pawl. 2.' The combination with aleer, of a movable carrier adaptedtoconvey the ware to' positiciit-reposit thev ware on the leer-pans, means for 6. -The combination with transferring the' ware from said ware-carrier" to s'aid conveyer, a shaft, connections fbe-` tween saidshaft'and said conveyer to 'oper- -ate same, a ratchet-wheel on said shaft, a

pawl adapted to 'engagesaid ratchet-Wheel, a

A movable` guard adapted to hold said pawl out of engagement with ,said ratchet-wheel,` means for throwing said guard outof way by' the movement of the Ware ontosaid confveyer, and mechanism for'reciprocating/said ,pawl.-

3.' The combination witha leer, of ai movable carrier ada ted to convey 'the ware tof said leer, an end ess lconveyer adapted toldeposit the ware on the leer-pans, means for transferring the ware from said ware-carrier Ato said conveyer, 'a` shaft, connections between said shaft and said conveyer for o erating same, a 4ratchet-wheel on said sha t, a pawl adapted to engage said ratchet-wheel, a

swinging quadrant 'adapted to holdf said pawl out of engagement with said ratchetwheel, means for'throwingsaid quadrant out of the Way by the movement ofthe ware onto said conveyer, 'and mechanism for-reciprocating said pawl.

4.' The-combination with aleer, of a movi able carrier adapted to convey -the Ware to said'leer, an endless conveyer adapted to 'deposit the ware on the leer-pans, means for transferring the ware from said ware-carrier to said conveyer, a shaft, connections be- 'tWeen said shaft and said conveyer for oper;- ating same, a ratchet-wheel on saidshaft, la'

pawl adapted to engage said-ratchet-wheel,

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means .for holding said pawl ont of engage-.

ment with said ratchet-wheel trippingmechanisin'operated by the movement of the ware IOS to said'conveyer, connections between said tripping mechanism and withholdingmeans whereby said n fithholding.,r means is thrown out ofthe way, and mechanism for ie'cipro- 5'. The combination with a leer, of a movlable carrier adapted to' convey lc lie ware to said leer, an endlessconveyer adapted to deposit the ware' ,on`thevleer-pans, means for transferring theware from said Waite-carrier to said conveyer, `a shaft, connectionsbetween said shaft and said conveyer ,to oper- -ate same, a ratchet-wheel on said sliaft, a

pawl adapt-ed toengage said ratchet-wheel, i l

means for holding said pawl out o f engagement with said ratchet-Wheel, a tripfinger in ieo the path of the ware,' connections ,between said trip-finger and said withhelding'm'eans rocating said paw f a leer, of a mov- -to withdraw same, and mechanism for recip l able carrier adapted to convey the wareto 'said leer, an endless conveyer adaptedto deposit the ware on the leer-pans, means for transferring the ware from said Ware-carrier A-to said "conveyer, a shaft, connections bel able carrier adapted ,to convey the Ware to" tween said shaft and said conveyer vfor operating same, a ratchet-Wheel on said shaft,

means for turning said ratchet-Wheel operated by the movement vof the .Ware on said lconveyer, a leer-eonveyer-'shaft, a ratchet- Wheel on said shaft, a pawl adap'tedto engage said ratchet-wheel, means l:for vWithholding said pawl from engagement withsaidratchet- Wheel, means for Withholding .saidwithhold` ated 'by the movement of the Ware .on .said Vconveyer7 a leereconveyer shaft, a ratchet-" Wheelonsaid shaft, a pawl adapted-,to engage .said ratchet-Wheel, a swinging guard to hold said. pawl out .of ,engagement with said ratchet-Wheel, a cam-lug on said first-named ratchet-Wheel, connections operated .by said camlug to throw said guard out of the Way, and mechanism `for reciprocating said pavvl.

8. The Combination with a-leer, of a movsaid leer, an endless conveye adapted to deposit the -Ware on the leer-p s, means for transferring the Ware `from said Ware-carrier to said" conveyer, and a rotary guard above Vsaid oonveye'r.

9. The combination with a leer,Y of a mov-l able carrier adapted to convey vthe .Ware to said leer, an endless'oonveyer adapted to deposit the Ware on the leer-pans, means for transferring the Ware from sald Ware-carrierv to said oonveyer, and arotary guardhcaving a series of guard-rails thereon.

1 0.- The combination with a leer, of a movable carrienadapted to convey the Ware to said leer/an endless conveyer adapted to de- `posit the ware on the leer-pans, means lfor transferring the Warefrom said Ware-carrier ,to sai(l`\conve vor, and a rotary spider above said oonveyer.

v 1], The combination with a leer, of a movable carrier adapted to convey Vthe ware to. saidleer7 a leer-conveyer carrying pans, an

endless eonveyeradapted to deposit the'ware on the leer-pans, a rotary guard above said .oonveyer, and means for rotating said guard and moving .said leer-conveyerA simultanefously.y

12. 'llhe combination with a leer,.of a movv able carrier adapted -t'o conveythe-.Ware'to 1 i said leer, an endless conveyer-adapted to deposit the Ware o n vthe leer-pans, 4.means for .transferring the Ware from said Ware-carrier, .to said conveyer, a-safety device int-he .path

of said Ware, mechanism for stopping said movable carrier, and connections .between -said safety device and said mechanism.`

.13. The Combination Witlra leer, of amovable Acarrier adapted to con'vey the Ware t-o said leer, a leer-conveyer, anendless conveyer' adapted to deposit -theware on the leer-pans, means ,for transferring the `Ware .from s aid Ware-,carrier .to .said conveyer, anarm 1n' the tweensaid arm and said mechanism.

14h The combination with a leer, of a movable carrier adapted to `eonvev the Ware to said-leer, an endless eonveyer adapted to deposit the Ware on the'leer-Lpans, .means yfor transferring the 'ware from said Ware-carrier l' to said conveyer, anarm in the path of .the

Warefclntch mechanism on theshaft driving said movable carrier, and connections between saidarm and said clutch mechanism for stopping said movable carrier. i

15.' The combination with a leer, o'f a movable czarrier adapted to AConvey the Ware-to said leer7 an endless'conveyer adapted to deposit .the ,Ware on the leer-pans, means Jfor transferring the: Ware from said Ware-carrier to said conveyer, mechanism for imparting an'intermittent movement to said conveyer, aplate having an opening therein over which said conveyertravels, said opening-being adjacent the leer-opening.

In testimony whereof We, the said CHARLES R. KNAPP and YERGIL 'MULHOLLAND, have `hereunto set our hands.

CHARLES R. KNAPP. VERGIL MULHOLLAND.

Witnesses as .to Knapp:

ROBERT C. ToTTEN, J. R. KELLER.

75 .path of V.said .Warehinechanism for stopping '.said movable lcarrier, and conneetionswbe- IOC 

